. The photographic history of the Civil War : in ten volumes . who had thrown away their clothing found it a night of suffer-ing. Tlie morning march began in the rain. By the time HigBethel was reached the water was coming down in roads Avere cut till they were veritable rivers of this wretched way stumbled and plodded horse and man. Saturday afternoon, April .5th, the Federal advanceguard on the right, consisting of Porters division of Ileintzel-mans Third Corps, suddenly came to a river. It was the^^arwick, a sluggish stream, nearly cutting the Peninsulafrom Yorktown t
. The photographic history of the Civil War : in ten volumes . who had thrown away their clothing found it a night of suffer-ing. Tlie morning march began in the rain. By the time HigBethel was reached the water was coming down in roads Avere cut till they were veritable rivers of this wretched way stumbled and plodded horse and man. Saturday afternoon, April .5th, the Federal advanceguard on the right, consisting of Porters division of Ileintzel-mans Third Corps, suddenly came to a river. It was the^^arwick, a sluggish stream, nearly cutting the Peninsulafrom Yorktown to the James, a distance of thirteen and a halfmiles. Beyond the river was a line of trenches and forts, de-fended by a Confederate army. General Magruder liad beenstationed on the Peninsula with about eight thousand the ajjproach of JMcClellan reenforcements were hastenedto him. The Union right A\ing was in front of ^orktown, theleft at IjCcs INIills. Now for the first time in the cam])aignthe Union army foinid its way disputed. A flash of fire blazed. THE COSTLIEST RAMPART EVER RUILT Confederate Breastworks to the South and Southeast of Yorktown, Reenforced with Cotton. This device was used once before, inthe War of 1812, by the defenders of New Orleans. Before the end of the Civil War, cotton was worth $ a pound, gold. It issafe to say that no fortification was ever built of material so expensive. These cotton bales were used to protect the gunners serv-ing the 8-inch Columbiad at the parapet. The gun in the center, though of archaic pattern, was deemed worth wrecking by theConfederates when they evacuated the position to fall back upon Richmond.
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